The 2024 Texas 200 - Sailing Expedition 

Looks like allot of fun!, I live on CapeCod and hav been boating all my life, large and small. I’ve always found a smaller boat more fun! Little boat, big adventures😊

Thanks Matt. One of the better sailing vids I've seen. Pat yourself on the back :)

Fantastic video, great commentary.

Nice video. The agony of light winds up a narrow channel, the slow going…well done. Thanks for sharing…from east Tennessee.

Wow! Great video, thanks for sharing.

Outstanding accomplishment. Thank you for the wonderful example.

Nice work, Matt. Thanks for the great video. Miss you all!

Great story and adventure, Matt!

You da man! I would not dare with out an outboard

Well done, thanks for posting!

Great video, Matt! It blows my mind that you guys do this event without the use of a motor or tow or cabin or bimini shade! Definitely something to aspire towards. My hat goes off to you real sailors out there. "The Captain" should be proud. ⛵🤙

Great job completing your trip, and without a motor. Also thank you for filming and editing your video. Its really a pleasure to watch. I hope to come visit sometime and do the Texas 200. Aloha for now, Cullen Chong Corsair F-31R "Delta Vee" Honolulu, HI

Very cool! Congrats!

Absolutely amazing!

Excellent video, looks like a great time. I have a 20ft scow,problem is not alot of storage. But what a great idea.

👍thanks for sharing

That's an actually rare boat, the featherwind. I actually have those plans from an old Bolger bk. It looks better in person than on the page.

A great adventure and narrative of small boat sailing of personal perserverance! I did 180 miles in my O'Day Mariner in the area around Roanoke Island, NC. so I can identify some. But I had a 4HP Yamaha to help through the tough spots though. Adventuring in small boats is great fun! Carry on!

😮 I need this

Great video! I would love to participate in the Texas 200.

Thanks for sharing Matt! Always an inspiration. Can't wait to bring my boys down for this and try to finish in my proa again

Thanks for sharing Matt. I watch you guys from up north here in wonder! : ) Fantastic acomplishment. I don't think I could stand the heat!!

Hello. Best is to sail in no shark waters. Thank for the moovie.

Great Vid. The voice over commentary provides excellent context to what could have been an average clip... also, the maddening aspects of sailing cant be understated. No wind for hours, then only to get wind on the nose, while fighiing an incoming current was exceptionally frustrating. I really appreciated my 2.5hp suzuki up that last channel.

Great video! Makes me wanna...

sounds like a great trip

Awesome video Matt!

Very cool Matt! Miss you guys. Maybe next year 😀👍

I like your rig

Fantastic, almost makes me want to do it in a small boat.. maybe a canoe

You really had to embrace the suck this year! Thanks for sharing!

Nice video Matt and a nice finish. Knew you had this. Not easy but very rewarding.

Nice video, Matt. I had paid my fees and taken time off from work but ended up not going. An inability to secure a slip or place to stay at the start was my undoing. Unfortunately when I posted this on the FB page, one of the participants used it as an opportunity to be very insulting. That misfortune sapped all my motivation to get it together at the last minute. He was a lone bad apple, I knew, but I will definitely try to make it next year. I have a Boston Whaler 15 and a Macgregor 25 to do the run. Your video makes the BW 15 look like the best contender.

Wow, that big storm knocked out almost 30% of the fleet. Was there any lightning? Here in FL a storm like that would be packed with lightning. Looks like a fun adventure. If you like sailing without a motor, you should try the Everglades challenge. 300 miles with only wind or human power allowed. I’m hopefully going to try it in the next few years.

Did you have navigation lights for your night sail? Looks like navigating through the skinny water would quite challenging into a headwind but what a blast! Thanks for the wonderful video.

Great event, how were the bugs? Love Seeing your campsites on virtual sandbars.

Great report. You have a lot of patience with those light adverse winds. You have a lot of sail on your boat. Do you have an offset center board? 😊🙂🙂🙂

cool

Thoroughly enjoyed your video. Although I don't own a small sailboat now ( my first sailboat in the early 70s was an Oday Mariner), I appreciate and admire what you folks do sailing the coastal waters. I would encourage you to consider bringing your boats to the Mississippi gulf coast to sail the islands just offshore. There are many places to camp and explore. For the past twelve years I have owned a Beneteau 42s7, which is homeported in Pascagoula, Mississippi. I'm very familiar with the coastal islands. I enjoyed your night sailing and would like to share a link to one of my night sailing videos. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-XCB4eJVSjWA.html Here is another link to my most recent cruising videos along the Mississippi, Alabama, and Northwest Florida coasts: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Pr78ul2m838.html Hope you enjoy these and others on my channel.

anyone with kids participate?

Can I come with you next time?